Inca Roca (Quechua = ''Inka Ruq'a'', "
magnanimous Inca") () was the sixth
Sapa Inca
The Sapa Inca (from ; ) was the monarch of the Inca Empire (''Tawantinsuyu'' "the region of the four rovinces), as well as ruler of the earlier Kingdom of Cusco and the later Neo-Inca State at Vilcabamba, Peru, Vilcabamba. While the origins ...
of the
Kingdom of Cusco
The Kingdom of Cusco (sometimes spelled ''Cuzco'' and in Quechua languages, Quechua ''Qosqo'' or ''Qusqu''), also called the Cusco confederation, the Cusco chiefdom, or the Inca Kingdom, was a small polity based in the Andes, Andean city of Cus ...
(beginning around 1350) and the first of the Hanan ("upper") Qusqu dynasty.
[Steele, Paul Richard and Allen, Catherine J.; (2004), ''Handbook of Inca Mythology'', ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, California]
page 193
His wife was Mama Michay, and his son was
Yawar Waqaq
Yawar Waqaq (Hispanicized spellings ''Yahuar Huacac, Yáhuar Huácac'') or Yawar Waqaq Inka () was the seventh Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco (beginning around 1380) and the second of the Hanan dynasty.
His father was Inca Roca
Inca Roc ...
.
He had four other famous sons: Inca Paucar, Huaman Taysi Inca, and Vicaquirau Inca. Vicaquirau Inca and Roca's nephew Apu Mayta were great warriors, who helped subjugate Muyna, Pinahua and Caytomarca. He died .
Biography
Ruq'a's father was the Emperor
Cápac Yupanqui
Cápac Yupanqui (Quechua = ''Qhapaq Yupanki Inka'', "splendid accountant Inca") () was the fifth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco (beginning around 1320) and the last of the Hurin dynasty.
Family
Yupanqui was a son and successor of Mayta CÃ ...
, whose heir apparent (by his wife Cusi Hilpay) had been his son Quispe Yupanki.
However, after Qhapaq Yupankiʻs death, the ''hanan'' moiety rebelled against the ''hurin'', killed Quispe Yupanki, and gave the throne to Inca Roca, son of another of Qhapaq Yupankiʻs wives, Cusi Chimbo. Inca Roca moved his palace into the ''hurin'' section of Cuzco.
In legend, he is said to have conquered the
Chancas (among other peoples), as well as established the ''yachaywasi'', schools for teaching
nobles
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally appointed by and ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. T ...
. More soberly, he seems to have improved the irrigation works of Cuzco and neighboring areas,
[Canseco, MarÃa Rostworowski de Diez and Murra, John V.; (1960), "Succession, Coöption to Kingship, and Royal Incest among the Inca", ''Southwestern Journal of Anthropology'', 16(4), pp. 417-427] but the Chancas continued to trouble his successors.
References
Further reading
* Cobo, Bernabe (1979) ''History of the Inca Empire - An Account of the Indians' Customs and Their Origin, Together with a Treatise on Inca Legends, History, and Social Institutions'' (translated and edited by Roland Hamilton from the holograph manuscript in the Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina de Sevilla),
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* Zuidema, R. Tom; "Inka Dynasty and Irrigation: Another Look at Andean Concepts of History", pp.177–200, ''In'' Murra, John V.; Wachtel, Nathan and Revel, Jacques (editors), (1986), ''Anthropological History of Andean Politics'',
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